Once again, there is no such thing as a Palestinian.
Arab countries creating a political spectacle by refusing to accept their own citizens back 60 years ago did not magically create an ethnic people.
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Even with that situation, I can see those renounced people deciding they’d need to make themselves a distinct entity if their source nations cared so little about them. The occupied lands were all they had to work with, so they’d definitely deserve consideration.
This argument, in short, does the opposite of vilifying the Palestinians for me.
I’m pretty sure that that’s not how the situation was in the pre-Israel Lavant. And even if the Palestinensian identity did not exist before: Yes, a region very, VERY much can develop (into) a national identity very, VERY quickly, ESPECIALLy in the circumstance of occupation.
Even if there isn't an ethnic Palestinian, the state of Palestine has citizens. Who don't deserve to be slaughtered.
And it's far less "refusing to accept their citizens back" vs "refusing to accept a bunch of strangers because other countries decided to make a new country in theirs."
It's kind of a complicated situation.
There is no such thing as an eternal ethnic identity. They form, they spread, and sometimes they may die out.
As Bastethotep said, an ethnic identity can develop quickly, and become predominant in place of another identity that preceded it (or previous identities in the plural).
And just because something is socially constructed, that doesn’t make it not real. Ethnic affiliation is real; it creates a meaningful reality that affects the world. So is religious affiliation, and, really, *every* identity that exists.
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